Lolita
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Lolita

How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?

7.3 / 10 1962 2h 34mNR English
DramaComedy

Storyline

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

Cast & Crew

James Mason

James Mason

Prof. Humbert Humbert

Lead
Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Charlotte Haze

Sue Lyon

Sue Lyon

Dolores "Lolita" Haze

Gary Cockrell

Gary Cockrell

Richard T. "Dick" Siller

Jerry Stovin

Jerry Stovin

John Farlow

Diana Decker

Diana Decker

Jean Farlow

Lois Maxwell

Lois Maxwell

Nurse Mary Lore

Cec Linder

Cec Linder

Physician

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stanley Kubrick's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Lolita is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker